AnneWhitney,asophomore(二年级学生)atColoradoStateUniversity,firsthadaproblemtakingtestswhenshebegancollege."Iwasalwayswellpreparedformytests.SometimesIstudiedforweeksbeforeatest.YetIwouldgointotaketh
AnneWhitney,asophomore(二年级学生)atColoradoStateUniversity,firsthadaproblemtakingtestswhenshebegancollege."Iwasalwayswellpreparedformytests.SometimesIstudiedforweeksbeforeatest.YetIwouldgointotakethetest,onlytofindIcouldnotanswerthequestionscorrectly.Iwouldblankoutbecauseofnervousnessandfear.Icouldn’tthinkoftheanswer.MylowgradesonthetestsdidnotshowwhatIknewtotheteacher." Anotherstudentinmicrobiologyandsimilarexperiences.Hesaid,"Myfirstchemistrytestwasverydifficult.Then,onthesecondtest,Isatdowntotakeit,andIwassonervousthatIwasshaking.Myhandsweremovingupanddownsoquicklythatitwashardtoholdmypencil.IknewthematerialandIknewtheanswers.YetIcouldn’tevenwritethemdown!"
Thesetwoyoungstudentswereexperiencingsomethingcalledtestanxiety.Becauseastudentworriesandituneasyaboutatest,hisorherminddoesnotworkaswellasitusuallydoes.Thestudentcan’twriteorthinkclearlybecauseoftheextremetensionandnervousness.Althoughpoorgradesareoftenaresultofpoorstudyhabits,sometimestestanxietycausesthelowgrades.Recently,testanxietyhadbeenrecognizedasarealproblem,notjustanexcuseorafalseexplanationoflazystudents.
Specialuniversitycounselingcoursestrytohelpstudents.Inthesecourses,counselorstrytohelpstudentsbyteachingthemhowtomanagetestanxiety.Atsomeuniversities,studentstaketeststomeasuretheiranxiety.Ifthetestsshowtheiranxietyishigh,thestudentscantakeshortcoursestohelpthemdealwiththeirtension.Thesecoursesteachstudentshowtorelaxtheirbodies.Studentsaretrainedtobecomecalminverytensesituations.Bycontrollingtheirnervousness,theycanlettheirmindsworkatease.Learnedinformationthencomesoutwithoutdifficultyonatest.
AnexpertattheUniversityofCaliforniaexplains."Withalmostallstudents,relaxationandlessstressarefeltaftertakingoutprogram.Mostofthenexperiencebettercontrolduringtheirtests.Almostallhavesomeimprovement.Withsome,theimprovementisverygreat."
小题1:To"blankout"isprobably______.A．tobelikeablanketB．tobesureofananswerC．tobeunabletothinkcl